#Spiritual Journey Quotes

“Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey to the ocean of meanings.... Leave and don't look away from the sun as you go, in whose light you're sometimes crescent, sometimes full.”

“There is only one search: wandering... no dogma and no heresy.”

“Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, no light and no land anywhere, cloudcover thick. I try to stay just above the surface, yet I'm already under and living within the ocean.”

“How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several qualities: he must trust his rope and his life to the Friend's hand, he must stop breathing, and he must jump.”

“Wake up Lovers, It is time to start the Journey! Let us kiss the ground & flow like a river towards the Ocean. Only love can lead the way.”

“I know you're tired but come, this is the way.”

“Some nights stay up till dawn, as the moon sometimes does for the sun. Be a full bucket pulled up the dark way of a well, then lifted out into light.”

“The soul which cannot endure fire and smoke won't find the Secret.”

“You don't live on the earth, you are passing through it.”

“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don't go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch, The door is round and open Don't go back to sleep!”

“If Light Is In Your Heart You Will Find Your Way Home.”

“Whether one movesslowly or with speed,the one whois a seekerwill be a finder.”

“Would you become a pilgrim on the road of love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes.”

“Walk to the well.Turn as the earth and the moon turn,circling what they love.Whatever circles comes from the center.”

“Thirst drove me down to the waterwhere I drank the moon's reflection.”

“Don't seek the water; get thirst.”

“I am an ark in the swift flood of time, and my companions, a fellowship. Who throws in with us sails into light.”

“This phantom world gave you false signs But you turned from the illusion and journeyed to the land of truth.”

“Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.”

“Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness.”

“Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distances. That's not for human beings. Move within, But don't move the way fear makes you move.”

“To a frog that's never left his pond, the ocean seems like a gamble. Look what he's giving up: security, mastery of his world, recognition! The ocean frog just shakes his head. "I can't explain where I live, but someday I'll take you there."”

“From the moment you entered this world of existence, a ladder was put in front of you so you could escape.”

“No practice can take you to liberation. That is important to know. It can be a little step that is useful until you realize you don't need it anymore, because after a certain point it becomes a hindrance.”

“Every practice at some point will become a hindrance. No practice can ever take you there, to freedom, to liberation. That's important to realize.”

“Vipassana is fine until it becomes a technique that has many stages and that takes time to develop. That can be okay for people for a while, but then you have to leave the technique behind.”

“To be conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on your spiritual journey.”